Does anyone know when the Camera Raw plug in that supports the Canon 5D Mark III in Photoshop Elements 10 will be available ? I know release candidate 6.7 is available but only works with Photoshop CS5 - not sure why Adobe chooses to not make it available for Elements ? I also know that I can use the DNG converter to convert my 5D MKIII images to DNG format and then work in Camera Raw. However, this is a beta DNG converter and I have found that my converted images are slightly overexposed (about half a stop) and have more noise. Does anyone else have this problem ?

The real question is - when will the Camera Raw plug that supports the Canon 5D Mark III in for Photoshop Elements 10 will be available ? You pay a price for being an early adopter and this has seriously disrupted my workflow. I have a hard disk full of RAW images to work on - please help !!!!

Of course, you realize that this is a user forum. None of us know any more about release dates than you do. Since the camera is supported in the 6.7 RC, I suspect it will be available in the 6.7 final release. Quite often release candidates are only available for Photoshop, but the final release is normally available for Photoshop Elements as well.

The final release may not solve your exposure problem. You might have to use a different metering mode or use exposure compensation or change your camera defaults to compensate for your shooting style.

You pay a price for being an early adopter and this has seriously disrupted my workflow.

Yes, you do. And, you know who's to blame? The camera makers who refuse to adopt any raw standards. If Canon or Nikon adopted a standard raw file format (like DNG) then users wouldn't have this difficulty.

Any time a new camera comes out the 3rd party applications have to start at ground zero to decode the new file format. That takes time. If a new camera comes out at the period of time new 3rd party software is being released, the time shift can be even worse.

In the meantime, you are free to use the Canon software that came with your camera while you wait for compatibility updates.

Jim, Jeff - thanks for the response. Is it a "secret" when Adobe is planning to release critical software such as the Camera Raw plug in ? Why can't anyone get an answer from Adobe ? I know I can use the DPP software from Canon - but that is a new learning curve and not part of my workflow. Maybe I should learn to use it and then not be a hostage of Adobe Camera Raw in future !!! Don't get me wrong - I am not "blaming" it all on Adobe and think that Canon could have discussed this with Adobe prior to the release of the camera and given them the info to update Camera Raw. But I guess they all have their own agendas ...

Adobe does not pre-announce software releases, mostly so they can change their mind up until the last minute, I think.

It’s also not the situation where Adobe needs to talk to Canon to decide when to release the next version of ACR. Adobe releases ACR on a relatively fixed schedule, so whatever new cameras have come out that Adobe has had the resources to profile with enough lead time to work out any bugs, will be in the next version of ACR when it is released on the internally-predetermined schedule.

Adobe reverse-engineers their needed information after having a camera in hand, not from discussions with the manufacturer, necessarily. Sometimes Adobe gets a camera from the manufacturer long before it is available to the public, and I would expect an important camera like the 5D.3 might have been one of those, but that just makes it easier to get the camera into the next scheduled ACR, it does not make the ACR update come out any faster.

Adobe also has a CS6 suite to work on and test so they’re not merely working on putting cameras into ACR 6.7 or ACR 7 for use with PSE10.

Adobe also has a CS6 suite to work on and test so they’re not merely working on putting cameras into ACR 6.7 or ACR 7 for use with PSE10.

ARC 7 will not open Canon 5DMkIII CR2/RAW files, but ARC 6.7 will, so I even though I have pre-ordered CS6E, I will have to keep CS5E on my computer to process 5DIII raw files, and to user certain 3rd party photo editing programs. Annoying, but not the end of the world.

I will say this, though: Although they are under no obligation to us consumers (we only buy their products, right? So no obligation there) IMO, since Adobe put out ACR 6.7 that will open 5DIII and G1X files so quickly, it does appear they are dragging their heels about ACR 7. If a beta has camera support for the 5DmkIII, and G1X, 7 should have been released with the same capabilities.

The current ACR 7 included in the CS6 Beta was finalized before ACR 6.7 was released. The final version of ACR 7 that will ship with the final version of Photoshop CS6 has that support. No need for CS5.

Has anyone had any issues with the quality of the Canon 5d Mk III cr2 image opened in CS5 with ACR 6.7 or CS6 with ACR 7.1. My images are coming in desaturated (shows -55) on scale, is dark and has vignetting. The jpegs look great. Any thoughts?*

ACR 7.1 is not publicly available as a beta, although ACR 7.0 is, if that’s what you meant.

Sounds like you have a non-factory default set in ACR, or perhaps have a DNG with non-default metadata embedded by some other program.

You can reset your camera raw defaults to either the factory defaults or to the current image’s settings using the menu that is displayed by clicking the three-bullet-points-with-arrow icon at the right of the section title bar, just below the section icons. For example to the right of the word Basic when you are on the Toning panel.

The question then becomes, would it only change the preferences for the Mark IIIs.

No...the ACR "Defaults" are camera specific...one other thought, have you used LR4? LR and ACR share the same defaults which means if you change the defaults in LR, the defaults in ACR are also changed.

The only way your raws could be coming into ACR with a -55 Saturation adjustment was if you had donesomething to change the defaults (or applied a preset in either LR or in Bridge).

To be as direct as possible, you accidentally changed the defaults for your camera, and attributed the change to Adobe, and asked about it here. The fix is to change the defaults back. Do you need help with this?

No xmp file. These files have never been edited and they are copied from the ad or cf card. No network. I went thru settings on my camera, there was nothing unique or different from my mark ii. Also looked at settings in acr and nothing stood out. I really appreciate all your efforts.

My Elements 10 and CS5 updated to ACR 6.7 automatically, Wednesday morning; however, ACR 6.7 is not a distinct link on www.adobe.com/downloads/updates yet. You have to use the dropdown list at the top and select Camera RAW for your platform, then look for the PSE-specific link on that page.

I did, so I didn’t do it, again. Since Anysia hadn’t figured out where to look for the links, that Adobe usually provides on the main Updates page, I gave instructions how to do that. Teaching someone to fish, rather than giving someone a fish.

I did, so I didn’t do it, again. Since Anysia hadn’t figured out where to look for the links, that Adobe usually provides on the main Updates page, I gave instructions how to do that. Teaching someone to fish, rather than giving someone a fish.

I did look for and at the links, as well as my infected eyes would allow. If you can't actually assist without providing snark and trying to score points, , go pound sand.

Seeing as my reply was prior to #33, no. And Mr. Wisenheimer just wants to feel superiour (I scrolled all the way through the thread, and the only links provided were the ones your provided in #33, so I don't know where he gets off with being snide) , whereas you actually assist. Thank you.